The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-29
THE COURTS.
An Itinerant Vender Comes to
Grief-An Ungallant Young
Coon Gagged.

There was not much of interest
among the legal magnates yesterday.
In the police court not single case
was reported.
In Justice Fishers court, Dominic
Lemmel, a French Jew, was arraigned
for peddling without license. Dom.
inic is selling cloth for gents suits, and
drives a lucrative trade. He has
been in the city several days, and was
very indignant over mis- arrest.
81 hat mine license" he said, when
brought up, at the same time handing
his honor q paper. The court read
the paper and said:
This is simply q city license"
"Vell, dat ish vot / wants. i gifts
p from der secretary of der bolice,
and be tell me dat ish all vot
needs
"Thst makes no difference" replied
his honor, cit is necessary that you
should have county license to be en-
titled to vend your wares and in the
absence of that ] shall be compelled
to fine you and the lowest fine / can
assess Is SO"
"Mine Got" but dey vas rob a
man In dis countree. 1t vas city
license, county license, q state
license and government license and
it vas der same dings over everywhere.
l vas not know dot 1 must git all desc
license and / would not be able to
carry dem all ven 1 do get DEM"
81 am sorry for your ignorance
and your misfortunes but you should
acqusint yourself with the require
ments of your business before you en-
gage in it; you will please pay to this
court s17. rs including fine and costs.
Seventeen tollers, / will not pay
dot money to de court, it was rob
berry"
Every we'll, i shall have to COM
nit you to Jail until you do"
Commit me to der Jail. vas no
teef. | vas steel notings. You can
not commit me to Jail"
Nevertheless / shall have it to do.
Constable, take the prisoner to jail"
"Holt on Mr.. Constable" said
Dominic. as Deputy Constable Ed
wards collsred him, "What you say
Mr.. Secretary l must pay"
Seventeen dollars and seventy-fve
cents, replied the court.
"Oh, veil, | pays him. Dot ish
not much. And how much / must
pay for mine license
|. Three dollars"
"Oh, dat vas sheep, here vas
your dventy tollars and DIRE quarters.
Gift me mine license"
He was informed that he mu st call
upon the collector for license, and,
paying his fine, departed to seek that
legal functionsry at the court house.
There are several other peddlers
who are likely to come to grief soon
in a similar way unless they make
haste to interview the county collec-
tor.
IN HALsrEAD's COURT.
VIM. Adams, q 15-ysar-old coon,
was arraigned on the charge Of being
so ungallant as to attack, beat, bruise
and MAIN Annie Shipley, q colored
girl of about his own age. The evil
dence showed that the two are school
mates, and had been indulging in
considerable amount of bad
blood for some time. Yesterday
matters were brought to a focus
when Annie accidentally struck
Adams with o rule. Adams at once
exhibited the disposition of q genuine
Cain and proceeded to place Armies.
eyes in deeper mourning and necessi-
tate bsndages fer certain portions of
her snotomy. After hearing the evil
dence the court gave Adams lecture
and fined him one dollar and costs,
amounting to about SO in all, and in
default sent Adams to Jail to reflect
upoy, tba arroro of his zava